Nvidia adds framerate cap to GeForce graphics card driver options

Nvidia has given users of its graphics cards the ability to set maximum fps in 3D applications with a driver update. Until now, this had to be arranged with an extra application or within such programs themselves.

The update is included in GeForce driver version 441.87 and is according to Nvidia the most wanted feature among users, Softpedia writes. Setting a maximum fps has benefits such as saving energy, reducing heat and noise, and not exceeding the monitor’s maximum refresh rate. Where games themselves do not offer this option, gamers had to rely on an application such as Rivatuner Statistics Server to achieve this. AMD has had this feature in its drivers since 2015.

Furthermore, Nvidia also adds Variable Rate Super Sampling, in which the center of the field of view is subjected to a maximum of 8x supersampling in VR, provided the frame rate is above 90. For example, the point of the field of view that the user is most likely to be looking at is provided with better quality and less computing power is spent on the periphery.

The setting goes to a minimum of 40 fps and a maximum of 240 fps, at least on a test desktop with GTX 1070 with 144 Hz monitor. Nvidia will probably expand this for 360Hz monitors and 300Hz laptops, or the range will automatically increase with those devices. The feature also works with 3D benchmarks, which can make results inaccurate. The drivers can be downloaded manually, but can also be downloaded with the bundled software, GeForce Experience.